Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-07-20
4 Convention hold at Court House
=" In This City 70 form . corpora-
- tion to build q Railroad.
Tho Road 70 Extend to Some Point
on lake Superior and Con.
meet with Omaha and
$.s kas,sas City. 5.s%
CAPITAL STOCK, 100000.
Divided into 10. 900 sharss OF 800 Each.
..n -Mesting OF the Directors

iistoslcaispcisiyz stlns ','';:a Mseeins' le''
Pursuant to a call issued by the Austin
Board OF Trade some time since, this
meeting was convened at the Court house
Yesterday afternoon, at three o clock, and
was called to order by O. W. Shaw, vice.
president Of the Boacd Of Trade. DR..
Mayo, of Rochester was elected char
man, and s. NJ. Smith Of Clear Lake,
Iowa, Secretary. y
The line of the proposed route was
well represented, 50 delegates being pres
ent, as follows: 49,, 49,. q
Rochester-Dr. w. W. Mayo. John Ev-
erstein, E. A. Knowlton, Andrew Nelson,
W. s. Parker, E. Damon.
Red Wing-B. B. Hurbert, Tams Bixby
Clear Lakes. NJ. Smith, D. w. Hum:
L. Ingersoll. .-
Browsdale-B. F. Bacon, A. L. Sleep
er, A. Swift. O. A. Sleeper. T. K. Dahle,
E. J. Stimson. &@
Austin-Aayor French, O. w. Shaw,
L. Kingsley, A. W. Wright, G. Schleuder,
Andrew Knox, L. Dettlebach, R. o. Hall.
sargeant-C. r. Kopplin.
Northwood-L. s. Butler, Geo. F.Wat-
son, B. H. Beckett. A. G. Walker.
The afternoon meeting was used in dis
cussing the proposed route, getting the
opinions of the different delegates, and
the appointment of committee to draft
articles Of incorporation, and the meeting
adjourned until 8 o'clock. f.. --.~
Ats O'Clock the delegates had again as !,
sembled q the Court House. ID the meet
ing was called to order By chairman Naye
D The committee on articles Of incorpor-
ati0n.Eepofted The draft of articles. which
they sablaitts for consil leratiop, .and the
conventisn @ once proceeded Is adopt
the same. s4sss*ssss Il
It was voted that the new road should
be styled the Lake Superior & Southwest
ern, to extend from some point on Lake
Superior, thence running southwest,
through Red Wing, Rochester, Browns
dale, Austin, Northwood and to some
point in Iowa. to Clear Lake, and thence
to Omaha and Kansas City. Austin was
DESIGNATED as the principal place Of bust
ness.
The commencement of the corporation
to begin July 20, and continue so years.
The capital stock was fixed at 81 ,OO0, 900,
divided into 10000 shares of 800 each.
Following are the names of the directors
elected for the ensuing year:
DR.. Mayo and E. Damon, of Rochester;
s. NJ Smith and D. w. Hurn of Clear
Lake; L. 8. Butler and B. 81. Heckett, of
Andrew Knox and C. D.
Belden. of Austin; B. B. Hurbert and
Tames Bixby, of Red Wing; B. F. Bacon
of Brownsville.
After adopting the report of the COM
mittee and electlng directors, the conven-
ton adjourned. a..-s.-.
MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS.
After the convention adjourned, the
board of directors Immediately con-
vened and elected the following officers:
President, Andrew Knox, Of Austin.
Vice President. DR.. Mayo, Of Rochester.
Secretary, e. D. Bellden, of Austin.
Treasurer, E. Damon, Rochester.
A committee of three, consisting Of
L. 5. Butler, of Northwood, B. B. Hur-
bert, of Red Wing, and DIR Mayo, Of
Rochester, were appointed to draft a set
Of by-laws:to be substituted at the next
meeting of the board. @,s@Az
The executive committee are: DR..
W, ". Mayo, Rochester. 3. II. Beckett,
and A. Knox. of Austin.
The board adjourned to meet at call
of the President. -
Phe gentlemen composing this board
Of directors are Mensof means and mean
business. They will Immediately COM
mence operations, and q survey of the
route will be made at once.